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.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... The 2021 Data Book compiled by the state Human Services Department is a series of snapshots that, when taken together, paint a rather bleak picture of life in the Land of Enchantment. Many of the problems are long-standing and related to poverty and low levels of education attainment. Our poverty rate of 18.2% was second only to Louisiana and far outstrips the national rate of 12.3%. We lead the na...

OK, it’s time for a quiz: Name some famous doctors. Here’s a start: Dr. Doolittle, Dr. Jekyll, Dr....Read More Story by Editorial | Apr 11, 2021 | Editorial, Opinion | We’d like to clear up a couple of common misconceptions about journalism involving headlines and...Read More Story by Submitted | Apr 11, 2021 | Letters, Opinion | Editor: Law and medicine share the same inversion of justice that one is guilty until proven...Read More Story by Submitted | Apr 11, 2021 | Letters, Opinion | Editor: We moved to Rio Rancho six years ago. We both held builder licenses in New Mexico. We did....

Legislators share thoughts on past session & pot legalization Daymon Ely  Rep. Daymon Ely, Democrat, District 23 What piece of legislation were you particularly proud to have worked on during the 60-day legislative session? House Bill 75 passed and was sponsored by state Rep. Daymon Ely, D-Corrales. “A deal was worked out on Medical Malpractice reform, between the hospitals and independent physicians, because independent physicians were watching their (malpractice insurance) premiums go up and up and up,” he said. “… It was a major 45-year overhaul of medical malpractice, so that was...

.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... In this file photo from last month, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signs into law a bill authorizing $200 million in grants for small businesses statewide. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal) Copyright © 2021 Albuquerque Journal SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed legislation Thursday overhauling New Mexico’s medical malpractice law and cementing a hard-fought compromise by lawyers, docto...

Whether the parties will reach agreement – and the committee will approve – is unclear. “Everybody is mildly unhappy, which is perfect,” said Daymon Ely, a Corrales Democrat and sponsor of one of the bills. Sen. Gay Kernan, a Hobbs Republican and co-sponsor of the other bill, said the parties are at least making progress in negotiations. “Of course, no one is going to be 100 percent happy,” Kernan said. The state Supreme Court, meanwhile, delivered its own news Monday, upholding the constitutionality of a $600,000 cap on damages under the state’s existing medical malpractice sys...